One balmy spring evening on the outskirts of Milan, a Fiat with two passengers plunges into a canal. At first, their deaths are registered as an accident. But the suave Duca Lamberti, a doctor-turned-detective, suspects there''s more to it than that. Because that same canal has been the scene of other deaths, and all the incidents have one man in a lawyer with a murky past stretching all the way back to World War II-a man who, in fact, once shared a prison cell with Lamberti. Winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in 1968, Traitors to All lays bare the connections between Milan''s troubled history during the war and its swinging sixties affluence, as well as an utterly absorbing tale of betrayal and revenge.>

Autorentext

Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969) was born in Kiev, in what was then the Russian Empire. At an early age, his family immigrated to Rome and then he moved to Milan when he was 16 years old. He began writing romance novels before turning his attention to crime, pioneering a uniquely Italian perspective and style. Many of his works were subsequently adapted for film. He is best known for his Milan Quartet, featuring struck-off doctor-turned-detective Duca Lamberti.